Taproot is a nu metal band from Ann Arbor, Michigan formed in late 1997. Taproot has become known in nu metal circles, touring with bands such as Linkin Park and KoЯn. Taproot's new album titled Blue-Sky Research was released on August 16th, 2005. Their song "Calling" was the official theme song of WWE's Unforgiven pay-per-view event in September 2005.
Taproot sent their demo to Limp Bizkit frontman/businessman entrepreneur Fred Durst in 1998. He promised the four-piece the world. But Durst never did the deal and Taproot landed a deal with Atlantic Records. Durst felt betrayed and heavily cursed the band on one of the member's answering machine. He also put some blame on System of a Down who assisted Taproot in their Atlantic deal. The band put the Durst issue behind them and went forward. Their Velvet-Hammer/Atlantic debut, Gift was released in June 2000. Thanks to the liking of Ozzy Osbourne's son, Jack, Taproot scored a spot at the second stage on the 2000 Ozzfest tour. Two years later, Rolling Stone hailed Taproot as the "next contenders for the new-metal crown." They then spent seven months in Los Angeles recording a follow-up to Gift . The end result was, Welcome, a more melodic effort. The band later followed up the album with Blue-Sky Research in 2005. Taproot will be going on a headlining tour in March with Evans Blue and From Satellite.
Stephen Richards - (born October 16, 1977) vocals, guitar Mike DeWolf - (born July 5, 1976) guitar Phil Lipscomb - (born September 2, 1976) bass Jarrod Montague - (born January 28, 1976) drums